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| Last Edited | Monsieur Feb 19, 2009 10:46am |
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| News Date | Thursday, February 19, 2009 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
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OTTAWA – U.S. President Barack Obama met privately with Governor General Michaëlle Jean in a welcoming centre at the Ottawa airport after Air Force One touched down under snowy skies at 10:25 this morning.
Obama, the first black American president, was met by Jean, Canada's first black Governor General, and her husband Jean-Daniel Lafond.
Other members of the welcoming party included Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon, Terry Breese, Chargé d-Affaires of the United States of America to Canada, Robert Peck, Chief of Protocol of Canada, and Michael Wilson, Canada's ambassador to the U.S. |
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